as in partner
the person to whom another is married
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
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Recent Examples of spouse
Former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl, 41, could place the money in trust for Bear, since the children of someone who dies with no spouse or civil partner normally inherit the estate.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
In an attempt to be helpful, the earlier iteration of Zo would suggest that the patient check their wallet or ask their spouse.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
In an attempt to be helpful, the earlier iteration of Zo would suggest that the patient check their wallet or ask their spouse.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for spouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouse
Noun
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Additionally, a portion of ticket sales is being allocated to the Easy Day Foundation and its partners.—
Ashley Iasimone,
Billboard,
5 May 2025
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Each partner will vet and submit scripts for consideration for an Academy Nicholl Fellowship, and The Black List will serve as a portal for public submissions.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Listen to this article 4 min Christina Haack has settled her divorce from her third husband, Josh Hall.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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Her own exposure is doubled because her husband also drives trucks to and from the ports.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Bush, who died in 2018, was the wife of former President George H. W. Bush and the mother of former President George W. Bush.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Since Gates and his former wife, Melinda French Gates, created the foundation 25 years ago, the organization has contributed more than $100 billion to global causes, primarily in health.—
Alice Park,
Time,
8 May 2025
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“Spouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouse. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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